The committee reporting argues that "the line run is the true line, and they entertain too high a respect for the good sense, justice and magnanimity of the citizens of Alabama to believe for one moment that a difference of opinion will be...

In the letter Murphy mentions that "the Commissioners of Georgia and Alabama have not come to any agreement, on the Subject of the Line dividing the two States." He directs Lewis to survey the the line on the Chattahoochee River again, so the...

In the letter Troup discusses the conflict between Georgia and Alabama over the boundary, including the extra commissioner Alabama appointed. He approves the report that Crawford, Blount, and Hamilton submitted; warns that they "will have to...

In the letter the men report that after negotiations, Alabama and Georgia have not agreed on a boundary line between the two states. They argue that such conflict was unavoidable, and they maintain that their own intention was "to place the...

In the letter the men explain the causes of the commission's "apparent slothfulness": their "progress has been greatly retarded by frequent recurrences of local attraction" and the trees and uneven landscape have made it "almost impossible to be...

The commissioners discuss the towns through which they traveled; the points marked on the proposed boundary line; and the landscape in northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia. They also refer to the conflict between themselves and the...

In the letter Troup commends the decisions the men have made regarding the route of the survey, and he asks that they "continue to place me in possession of every occurrence which you may deem important or interesting."

In the letter Troup introduces the men to a Colonel Brearly and asks for their cooperation (though he does not give details about Brearly's work): "he stands in need of all the support we can extend in the execution of his delicate & difficult...

In the journal Blount discusses the landscape; encounters with Cherokee Indians in the area; and problems the surveyors faced during their work. He also includes a list of Cherokee words with their Creek and English equivalents.

Expenses include food, supplies, and pack horses; room and board; ferriage; and labor and services (for example, washing and shoeing horses, or "Cherokee man to show the Cherokee line"). Transcripts are included.

Lewis was one of two commissioners representing Alabama during the project. Expenses listed here include his payment for serving on the commission and the additional work Governor John Murphy required "in ascertaining the points of difference which...

In the first letter, dated Governor George M. Troup of Georgia addresses concerns (probably raised by John Murphy, governor of Alabama) about the locations of Indian towns that will be used as references when determining the boundary between the...

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